Enumeration of Salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli in Children with Differing Caries Experiences in a Rural Indian Population

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Bacterial count (CFU/mL saliva*)<br/></td><td align="center">Group I mean ± SD </td><td align="center">Group II mean ± SD</td><td align="center">Group III mean ± SD</td><td align="center">ANOVA</td><td align="center">Tukey</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Streptococci</td><td align="center">64.30 ± 24.52</td><td align="center">52.37 ± 23.94</td><td align="center">45.57 ± 16.73</td><td align="center">0.005</td><td align="center">0.004 (I &amp; III)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Lactobacilli</td><td align="center">23.87 ± 18.01</td><td align="center">27.13 ± 19.84</td><td align="center">18.43 ± 15.81</td><td align="center">NS</td><td align="center"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>
              *Based on mean CFU per sample. To be multiplied by 10<sup>3</sup>.<br/></td></tr></table>

Mean salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli counts in the different groups.

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Table 3: Enumeration of Salivary Streptococci and Lactobacilli in Children with Differing Caries Experiences in a Rural Indian Population 